Part of the reason we’re so excited about of Montreal‘s forthcoming studio album False Priest is due to a guest appearance by Ms. Janelle Monáe. Plus, it provides the two stellar Atlanta-based acts with a reason to tour together this fall.
of Montreal and Monáe’s joint North American tour is split into two legs, the first of which is set to begin in Washington, DC on September 13th. On this particular trek, touring will mostly be focused up and down the east coast and through the midwest, highlighted by a newly announced joint appearance at the Urbana, Illinois-based Pygmalion Music Festival on September 22nd.
Following an early October trip to Europe for of Montreal, the two acts will resume their travels in St. Louis, Missouri on October 21st. From these, they’ll head west in Colorado, Washington, and California before looping back east, heading through Texas, and capping things off in Oxford, Mississippi on November 5th. of Montreal will then conclude their tour as a whole with two dates in Atlanta on November 6th and 7th.
Speaking recently with Pitchfork, of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes promised their tour with Monáe would feature a unique twist: “We’re going to marry the two shows together, in a way. It doesn’t feel like you go see a band, and there’s a pause, and there’s another pause, and then it’s over. We want to control the environment from right when the doors open, and have performance art and video performances and so many different levels of artistic stimulation that would go on throughout the whole night, so there’s never a moment where there’s house music or boring lighting. We want to transform the venues each night, so it becomes this exceptional experience for everyone.”
Tickets for the tour will go on sale starting Friday, July 9th via Ticketmaster.com.
of Montreal 2010 Tour Dates:
07/25 – Jackson, MI @ Land of NOD
07/30 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
07/31 – S. Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
08/02 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
09/13 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
09/14 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
09/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory #
09/16 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues #
09/17 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 #
09/18 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 #
09/19 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom #
09/21 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater #
09/22 – Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Festival #
09/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue #
09/24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater #
09/26 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom #
10/03 – Dublin, IE @ Tripod
10/04 – Glasgow, UK @ Queen Margaret Union
10/05 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
10/06 – London, UK @ Koko
10/07 – Paris, FR @ La Cigalle
10/09 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
10/10 – Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast
10/12 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
10/13 – Oslo, NO @ Wimp Event
10/14 – Copenhagen, DK @ Amager Bio
10/15 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Rotonde
10/21 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant #
10/22 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground #
10/23 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall #
10/24 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre #
10/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex #
10/27 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater #
10/28 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater #
10/29 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
10/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium #
10/31 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater
11/01 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater #
11/02 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater #
11/03 – Austin, TX @ East Side Drive Inn #
11/04 – Houston, TX @ Numbers #
11/05 – Oxford, MS @ The Lyric #
11/06 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
11/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
# = w/ Janelle Monáe
